A simple route for renewable nano-sized arjunolic and asiatic acids and self-assembly of arjuna-bromolactone.
While separating two natural nano-sized triterpenic acids via bromolactonization, we serendipitously discovered that arjuna-bromolactone is an excellent gelator of various organic solvents. A simple and efficient method for the separation of two triterpenic acids and the gelation ability and solid state 1D-helical self-assembly of nano-sized arjuna-bromolactone are reported.
Bag
Braja G
BG
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Vidyasagar University, Midnapore 721 102, India. bgopalbag@yahoo.co.in
Dey
Partha P
PP
Dinda
Shaishab K
SK
Sheldrick
William S
WS
Oppel
Iris M
IM